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William Perry Clements Jr. (April 13, 1917 – May 29, 2011) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served two nonconsecutive terms as the governor of Texas between 1979 and 1991.
May 31, 2011 · HOUSTON — Bill Clements, a brash oilman who founded an international drilling company before going into politics and breaking the Democrats’ stranglehold on the Texas governor’s office in 1978,...
William Perry "Bill" Clements, Jr. (April 13, 1917 – May 29, 2011) was the 42nd and 44th Governor of Texas, serving from 1979 to 1983 and 1987 to 1991. Clements was the first Republican to have served as governor of the U.S. state of Texas since Reconstruction.
May 29, 2011 · Bill Clements, the first Republican elected governor of Texas since Reconstruction, died in 2011 at age 94. He was a brusque and colorful oilman who sparked tort reform, appointed Republicans to the Supreme Court and helped build the GOP infrastructure in Texas.
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May 31, 2011 · Bill Clements, a brash Republican millionaire who helped break Democrats’ century-long hold on Texas politics when he was elected governor in 1978, died May 29 at a Dallas area hospital. He...
Learn about the life and career of Bill Clements, the first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction. Find out how he rose from oil-field worker to businessman and politician, and what he accomplished in his two terms.
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May 31, 2011 · William “Dollar Bill” Clements, the first Republican governor elected in Texas post-Reconstruction, died on Sunday in a Dallas-area hospital, with scant notice from the blogosphere. Why the...
